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Check out the May 2022 edition of Quality, featuring how integrating real-time quality data is the future of manufacturing, a Vision & Sensors special edition and much more!

Software & Analysis

Manufacturers’ Top Demands For Quality Software in 2022

The bottom line is that manufacturers know they need to improve how integrated quality data is across the company.

Louis Columbus

May 8, 2022

9 Comments

Competing on product quality has never been more urgent as rising raw material and component costs continue to squeeze manufacturers’ margins. At the same time, unpredictable supply chains make it increasingly difficult to maintain consistent product quality and cost visibility.

Management

The Future of Quality

How will you use Quality 4.0 ideas at your location?

Michelle Bangert

May 8, 2022

9 Comments

So how might Quality 4.0 affect you? Let’s take another look at what it is.

Quality 101

Fixturing 101: Crucial For Quality

Inspection data is critical to delivering perfect parts faster, experts say.

Genevieve Diesing

May 8, 2022

4 Comments

Proper fixturing addresses several key parts of quality: It ensures that inspected parts remain in a repeatable and reproducible orientation on a measuring device.

Test & Inspection

Measurement And Inspection Standards

As technology continues to evolve, it will take a lot of work from the standards community to help the industry keep pace with news tools for new manufacturing methods.

Scott Ledger

May 1, 2022

4 Comments

Measurement and inspection standards are traditionally updated on a regular schedule. However, the form measurement standard for out of roundness, B89.3.1, has not been updated since its initial release in 1972, and is no longer an active standard available through ANSI.

Test & Inspection

The Journey to Creating an Inspection Standard

The scope of inspection is so vast that no one wanted to exclude a topic, but we also did not want a standard so detailed that it was not user friendly.

John Vandenbemden

May 1, 2022

4 Comments

The journey to create a standard is very interesting and requires attention to detail. Before a standard can be created one must develop the need and benefits for its development.

Measurement

What is Uncertainty? In Metrology, It’s Truly a Deep, Sensitive Subject

Linda Goodwin-Marino

May 1, 2022

8 Comments

“Measurement uncertainty is the expression of the statistical dispersion of the values attributed to a measured quantity. All measurements are subject to uncertainty and a measurement result is complete only when it is accompanied by a statement of the associated uncertainty, such as the stand deviation."

From the Editor | Darryl Seland

Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing

Technology asks, is there really?

Darryl Seland

May 15, 2022

2 Comments

Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing is a song by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell from 1968. The idea expressed in the song was so strong that it was not long until it was co-opted by commercialism.

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Face of Quality | Jim L. Smith

Quality Professionals Must Lead

Communicate the economic case for quality.

Jim L. Smith

May 15, 2022

3 Comments

We should be more than adequately prepared to put forth an economic case for quality.

Speaking of Quality | Paul K. Mignon

What Does an Auditor Want to Know and Why?

Here we will focus on supplier auditing in a regulated or risky product segment like food, drug, or insecticides for animals.

Paul K. Mignon

May 15, 2022

3 Comments

Auditing suppliers is different. Auditing suppliers is not and should not be a regulatory inspection by the customer.

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Vision & Sensors | Machine Vision 101

Optics 101: Assembling a Machine Vision System

Defining the needs of the system will refine the choices for types of cameras, imaging lenses, and illumination schemes.

Marissa Martine

May 1, 2022

4 Comments

Machine vision enables new and exciting advancements in industries and fields of research across multiple disciplines.

Vision & Sensors | Vision

Developments in Vision Systems: Deep Learning, Rapid Development Environments And Factory Integration

The move to Industry 4.0 requires better connectivity to enable data trasnfer and sharing between all components within the factory structure.

Mark Williamson

May 1, 2022

7 Comments

Deep learning is now more user-friendly and practical than ever and together with other vision technologies opens up new application areas, making the inclusion of vision inspection as part of Industry 4.0 even more beneficial.

Vision & Sensors | Lighting

Three Challenges In Machine Vision Lighting Today And How To Solve Them

With increased speeds, dynamic production lines, and advanced inspection processes, smart automated lightng is driving machine vision solutions.

Steve Kinney

May 1, 2022

5 Comments

One constant in the ever-evolving machine vision space is the need for high-quality, consistent lighting. New challenges in the design and specification of machine vision systems require an innovative approach to lighting selection.

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Vision & Sensors | Trends

The Place for Deep Learning in Industrial Machine Vision

Deep learning is an "add on" to traditional machine vision. It does not eliminate the ability to handle a range of tasks using traditional tools.

Fred Turek

May 1, 2022

4 Comments

In this article, deep learning refers to developments during the last few years that have enabled applying the technique to entire images in the industrial machine vision space.

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Quality Magazine

2022 May

Cover Story

Manufacturers’ Top Demands For Quality Software in 2022

Features

The Future of Quality

Fixturing 101: Crucial For Quality

Measurement And Inspection Standards

The Journey to Creating an Inspection Standard

What is Uncertainty? In Metrology, It’s Truly a Deep, Sensitive Subject

Columns

Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing

Quality Professionals Must Lead

What Does an Auditor Want to Know and Why?

Vision & Sensors

Optics 101: Assembling a Machine Vision System

Developments in Vision Systems: Deep Learning, Rapid Development Environments And Factory Integration

Three Challenges In Machine Vision Lighting Today And How To Solve Them

The Place for Deep Learning in Industrial Machine Vision

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